Haddad

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Haddad or Hadad (Semitic: "blacksmith") is a common family name and personal name. Hadad was also a Semitic storm-god.^[1]

The original Haddad (Aramaicܚܕܕ or ܚܕܐܕ ) name means blacksmith in ancient Semitic Phoenician language - Aramaic Since Arabic is the grandchild language of Aramaic and Hebrew, Haddad also means blacksmith in Arabic. The Haddad name dates back to the Phoenician era of the Levant. People who typically have the last name of Haddad are Christian, and the Haddad name is the largest and prominent used Christian name in the Middle East. The Haddad Christians of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Turkey (Turabdin, in aramaic Turoyo dialect also known as "Hadodo ܚܕܕܐ" - but after the prohibition of the use of non-Turkish names 1934 ^[2] they became turkish names) are all related and descend their race to the ancient Phoenicians and later to the Christian Ghassasins Empire who protected the eastern borders of the Roman Byzantine empire from the Persians. The Haddads as other Middle eastern Christian families are considered by the Orthodox (mostly Syriac Orthodox Church) or Catholic (Maronite) church the earliest Christians in world history.

Haddad is the most common surname in Lebanon, with about 2.42% or 96,800 people having the surname in Lebanon alone.

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